hda_dai_get_ops(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai)
{
struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w = snd_soc_dai_get_widget(cpu_dai, substream->stream);
- struct snd_sof_widget *swidget = w->dobj.private;
+ struct snd_sof_widget *swidget;
struct snd_sof_dev *sdev;
struct snd_sof_dai *sdai;
- sdev = widget_to_sdev(w);
+ /*
+ * this is unlikely if the topology and the machine driver DAI links match.
+ * But if there's a missing DAI link in topology, this will prevent a NULL pointer
+ * dereference later on.
+ */
+ if (!w) {
+ dev_err(cpu_dai->dev, "%s: widget is NULL\n", __func__);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ sdev = widget_to_sdev(w);
+ swidget = w->dobj.private;
if (!swidget) {
dev_err(sdev->dev, "%s: swidget is NULL\n", __func__);
return NULL;